At the end of September 2020, I wrote a piece for the Reader titled “Black artistic leaders take charge at several Chicago theaters,” which framed the influx of new (and preexisting) Black leadership in Chicago theater against the backdrop of a historic disruption in the industry. That disruption was powered in part by COVID-19 leading […]
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Second City finds a buyer and its instructors form a union
Private equity firm ZMC acquires the comedy institution, while AICE advocates for representation.
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Changes in faces, closing up spaces, and an abolitionist playwright gets more recognition
A departure at PrideArts, an arrival at Second City, and the closing of the Frontier and Understudy; Kristiana Rae Colón wins a new prize.
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Second City is looking for a buyer
The comedy powerhouse is up for sale for only the second time in its 60-year history.
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The conversation breaks down in Second City’s The Winner . . . of Our Discontent
A poor casting choice damages the theater’s new main-stage revue.
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Second City E.T.C. brings us the happiest measles outbreak on earth
The Second E.T.C. revue Soul Brother, Where Art Thou? has plenty of poignance and pointed commentary to go with the yuks.